UPDATE :: DAY THREE of Kickstarter iPhone app campaign

Historic District, iPhone app, Kickstarter, landmark, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour

We’ve asked (and blogged, and Tweeted, and emailed, and Facebook posted [and then repeat!]), and you’ve answered! We’re three days into our 35-day long Kickstarter online funding campaign, and our iPhone app is $735 (25% funded!) closer to becoming a...

UPDATE :: DAY TWO of Kickstarter campaign, 21% of goal met!

Historic District, iPhone app, Kickstarter, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, walking tour

MarcellaDavid PattersonRonnie EldridgeMadelon HambroSarah Olinsky MaitlandYou all get gold stars next to your names in LW’s proverbial book!  Thank you to the individuals named above who today pledged their support to our Kickstarter iPhone walking tour app...

It Happened On East 6th Street …

Board of Standards and Appeals, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, legalization, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, Wall Street Journal

… IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE!In her August 4, 2010, NY Times article, “Mr. Landlord, Tear Down That Penthouse”, Cara Buckley reports on the BSA-mandated demolition of additional stories constructed at 514-516 East 6th Street.  As Ms. Buckley...

Preservation in action :: LW! testifies at design review public hearing

Community Board 7, Historic Districts Council, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS

UPDATE FROM THE FIELDAs reported by Mei Tuggle, LW! intern and NYU student Yesterday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) reviewed 150 West 77th Street’s application to construct a rear yard addition and to alter its basement entrance.  LANDMARK...

Community Board verdict on Riverside South

Community Board 7, IRT Powerhouse, landmark, Media, NYC, preservation, The New York Observer, Upper West Side, UWS

In a session that continued on into the wee hours last night, Community Board 7 adopted a resolution calling on developer Extell to modify its proposal to build “Riverside Center,” the last piece of the Riverside South megadevelopment.  What does CB7...

Agency ruling: No sliver building for 86th Street

Board of Standards and Appeals, Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC, preservation, Upper West Side, UWS, West End Avenue, West Side Independent

The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) ruled yesterday that in fact no, there will not be a sliver building rising at 330 West 86th Street anytime soon.  As reported in the West Side Independent, the BSA stops a 17-story building from being erected on a 20...